To a considerable extent, the goal of this Web book can be considered to be the cultivation of the second two forms of knowledge defined by the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: concepts and intellectual capabilities, the two types of knowledge that turn "computer literacy" into "information technology fluency."
To put it more specifically, this Web book aims to promote the following:
- a genuine understanding
of how computers and computer networks really operate, beyond and beneath
the often illusory interfaces we use to interact with them;
- the ability to
undertake well-founded considerations of both the problems and the possibilities
of information technology;
- a solid understanding
of what constitutes college-level research in this era of digital information
technologies.
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These pages were written by Jeffrey L. Nyhoff and Steven H. VanderLeest
and edited by Nancy Zylstra
© 2005 Calvin University (formerly Calvin College), All Rights Reserved.
If you encounter technical errors, contact computing@calvin.edu.